Axenic cultivation of Entamoeba dispar in newly designed yeast extract-iron-gluconic acid-dihyrdoxyacetone-serum medium

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kobayashi, Seiki ^a   Imai, Eiko ^a   Haghighi, Ali ^a,b   Khalifa, Shaden A ^a   Tachibana, Hiroshi ^a,c   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYACETONE; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; IRON;

PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; FILTRATION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; SERUM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; YEAST; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENTAMOEBA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; CULTURE MEDIA; DIHYDROXYACETONE; ENTAMOEBA; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; IRON; SERUM; YEASTS;

EID: 17844366835     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3386     Document Type: Article

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